"couples have to work as a team, huh?" matsukawa mused.

"yuuup," hanamaki replied, popping the p.

*

the two boys arrived at a clothing store, one that had large posters in the front saying, 'halloween costumes sold here!', they parked up and got out.

upon walking in they heard a gasp, "mattsun!" a voice chirped. both of their attentions went over to the voice, it belonged to an average heighted, tan skinned female. "hi mattsun!" she exclaimed.

"oh, good god," matsu commented lowly.

"who's that?" makki asked.

"just a friend, she's-... really annoying," he said furrowing his brows a bit as they walked over to her. "heeyyy haruka!" she smiled widely, placing a hand on her hip. she had wavy black hair, that swept over her shoulders. she had a beautiful body, which she was obviously aware of considering she was wearing a body hugging longsleeve which showed a bit of her lower stomach. along with a pair of really distressed jeans that showed most of her legs.

"how have you been?! i haven't seen you since the summer of middle school," she said tilting her head to the side a bit. she adjusted her grip on the basket she was holding.

"i've been pretty good," he said with a small laugh, "you know, i'm getting by," he said, "you?"

"i've been alright," she said, her smile continued on. "um, who's this?" she asked looking over to hanamaki.

"oh, uh, this is my friend hanamaki," matsu replied, gesturing towards the pink haired boy.

"hi," makki said simply with a small wave.

"hi," she replied, then looked back over to matsu, "oh, i have to say by the way, you really grew up, i mean, you look really good," she commented.

"ah, thank you," matsu replied sheepishly, "you look nice too," he said.

"so, you have a girlfriend?" she asked curiously.

"well, uh, no, i don't, but i am really into someone at the moment," he answered with a small laugh and a smile.

"oh, really? what's she like?" she asked, seemingly disappointed.

"i mean, he's pretty great," he replied, "he's.. um, really attractive, he's nice, so sweet," he said shaking his head the tiniest bit as he spoke, "he really is too good for me," he said smiling sheepishly, then gave a small sigh. hanamaki shifted a bit, glancing over to matsukawa then looking away, his face growing a deep shade of red.

"hm, wait a minute you're gay?" she asked furrowing her brows a bit.

"bi," matsu replied simply.

"ooooh," she said then placed a hand in her pocket uncomfortably, "oh okay, well-" she glanced over to hanamaki, "wait, aw were you talking about him? because if not, he is either really uncomfortable or really jealous," she said with a few laughs. makki looked over to her then matsu, not knowing what to say. matsukawa looked over at makki then at haruka,

"you know me too well, after all these years," he said with a laugh, blushing noticeably, then looking over at hanamaki and giving him a wink.

"oh goodness," hanamaki whispered looking away, he is embarrassing.

"well, good luck with that hanamaki," she said with a laugh, "and if fate allows it, i'll see you around!" she exclaimed.

"alright, bye!" matsu greeted her farewell as she waved and began walking away towards the checkout aisle.

"well, that was.." makki began.

"embarrassing," matsu added.

"yep!" he chirped, "but cute, very very cute," he said as they began walking off towards the halloween aisle, "and just like no sin goes unpunished, no very sweet thing matsukawa says goes without prize,"

"listen, as nice as that sounds.." he paused, "what was that, a line from game of thrones?" he asked with a playful grin.

"i've never even seen it, so nice try," makki teased in return. the two boys eventually wandered into the halloween aisle, looking side to side at the costumes. "soo, we're matching right?" he asked.

"mhmm," mattsun replied simply.

"so, we should go to the couples' aisle," he suggested.

"i guess we should," issei replied with a nod, "wow, we're going to be goals," he joked, awaiting a punch from the pink haired male for acting 'cringey'.

"don't ever say that ever again," makki warned the dark haired boy.

"aw, c'mon, we're finna be stuntin' on these hoes," he said with a sly smirk.

"stop, before i kill you," he warned once again, with a brief rolling of his eyes, as they walked towards the couples' aisle.

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a/n: SLOW BURN FIC!!! were gettin there okay, stick with me.